Captain Phoenix - Life.Temper.Riot

) Four boys barely in their twenties, Captain Phoenix master the art of encapsulating the modern condition into hyper-habit-forming, gleaming pop nuggets. Eagerly anticipated ‘Life.Temper.Riot.’ is a 12-track surge of howling vocals dancing around soaring riffs, butt-tight chord-stabs and the understated glamour of booty-shaking bass lines. It’s a feat largely down to the musical deftness of bassist, songwriter and flaxen-haired frontman Ben Burrows, kid brother of Andy Burrows, drummer for Razorlight. And the album features Andy’s first release as a writer too, the beautiful Water/Sun. With recent UK supports with The Kooks and just back from a sell-our European mini-tour, April and May see the band play Camden Crawl, The Great Escape, and a 14 date nationwide tour to support the album’s release. “British pastoral meets folk-blues. Burrows has one of those huge voices that has you tracking back through to pop history. Tracks such as the wonderful Loneliness are pointers to what should be a great future.” Dan Cairns – Sunday Times. “What truly captivates and inspires is the huge, gravelly voice that frontman-bassist Ben Burrows is blessed with.” Losing Today. “A saucey bluesman who can relieve girls of their knickers with just one gravelly yelp

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